What a great week we spent in Cape Town last week. 9 of our Joburg pastors attended and we had great fellowship as we all stayed in a beautiful house on Table Mountain just below the three toilet roll towers. The prayer and worship was fantastic and laid the platform for pastors seeking God to solve issues and to build our movement's unity. There were frank discussions and sometimes raw emotions as people shared their histories and their frustrations. God wove this all together so that people really found each other and were able to honour one another in a way we haven't done before. This was powerful and we have to walk in this as we lead the movement forward. Everyone dedicated themselves and their churches to the vision and values of Every Nation and we ended with a few hours of prayer and prophecy. Pastor Roger got a fantastic endorsement of his leadership and will be ably assisted by various other great men and women of God. I loved seeing this and some of the passion I saw at the two Every Nation World Conferences was definately in the house. Church planting, discipleship and focus on the next generation are key and of course that what makes us tick, so we are in the right place going forward. Obviously the Body of Christ is much bigger than Every Nation, but convinced we are God's idea and can be a blessing to the wider family in every nation of the world.
Joanne and I have a key part to play in getting this out to the children's ministries, and to serving them with our creativity and resources. Carmel Retreat 2012 will be a key gathering of Children's Ministry leaders. We are appreciated by more and more of the pastors as we get to be known.
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